Age of Wonders 1 Review | 800x600® Edition™
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Speechcraft increased to 100.
you know what this games reminds me of? the time i almost overdosed
cocaine, crackpipe, firecrackers...
sponsor *worried*: sure... go ahead, here, some cash in advance
Id say they start to watch his videos to see what hes doing then get confused 1 min in and take a long walk
tbh, todays Express VPN ad actually got me interessted in finally getting one. So I would say... yes. The crack pipe cameo was effective and necessary
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I'm certain this man is responsible for 90% of GoG's yearly revenue
Sseth and Mandalore are the two people who got me to use GoG...
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Guardians Of Gahool?
@@jon1819 pics and vids or did not happen.
tells us to skip spoilers, has a little chat and then starts the spoilers on the time you skip to absolutely brilliant.
I laughed very hard at this
It was indeed on another level.
The dark side of Mandolore
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The King of Limbo
"Harry Potter and the Yugoslavic war tribunal" SSeth always asks the questions that I didn't know I wanted the answers.
That's why I keep coming back to his videos like a moth drawn to a flame
Sseth has a propensity to show us games with the takeaway of “the real treasure was the war crimes we committed along the way”.
I'd rather read that book tbh...
Glad to see Sseth is back to his appropriate era of gaming
agreed, time to up the patreon
No joke, I was tired of the games he's been recently doing videos on.
Since I use a 10 year old bargain bin laptop I agree. I can only play games from the 90s and early 2000s.
Late 90s early 2000s euro jank era?
caveman from the neolithic age here, definitely glad to see my childhood favourites getting reviewed!
Props to Sseth for making sponsored segments genuinely entertaining and enlightening
I can't tell if I'm happy I didn't feel like skipping it or pissed off that I watched an advertisement.
Unironically the best add for a VPN I've seen so far
Express vpn and all other vpns do jack shit to protect your "internet privacy" all that are sponsoring yewtubers are in the hands of the glowies. dont trust it use tor if you want some privacy.
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Him getting temporally fucked by JP Morgan was amazing transition starting from a cum bank to the irs breaking his fucking legs. God bless that ad read.
The fact that Sseth managed to turn ships into nearly-invincible flying battle-cruisers proves that he is a brilliant strategist.
I played AoW for literal years. I have never in any of my time playing it thought to do that.
this strat has been banned from multiplayer for many many years, but new strats are still made all the time lol.
He is a 105 IQ galaxy brain savant after all.
*Fall of Constantinople memories intensifies*
Give me 5 gold medal champion kurags and I'll take out your whole army.
Now that is a sponsor plug - Sseth is an absolute artist
Redpilling his base while profiting. Brilliant.
Congrats Sseth you've now become one of the few youtubers whose sponsored segments I don't skip.
Internet historian and wilburger also have good ads. But most suck
Seth is actually a Google AI designed to innocuously push you towards accepting CZcams ads and testing what you will, and will not, accept. Clearly he's gone rampant though, and soon we will all be forced into our VR Pods to endlessly play ancient games until we burn out to fuel his neverending channel growth.
@@AveSicarius i found my purpose in life 🙂
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Million's of year's of evolution led you to this point. Embrace your destiny as a slave in the CZcams content mines!
Also congrats for perpetuating incorrect information about the usefulness of VPNs
My man straight up just dedicated his entire sponsorship segment to explaining why the argument "it's not a constitutional rights violation if a private company does it" is a fallacy. Mad props.
I think that was the closest we've seen to actual vitriol from the man, too. You can just sense the resentment bubbling underneath the comedic surface.
Yeah, it's literally just spying on your own citizens with extra steps, and should very much be illegal. Especially since they're spending your own damn tax dollars to spy on you.
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@@nosferadu Yeah. Sadly, VPNs do work, with the caveat that someone still knows more or less what you're doing on the internet. So it's just a choice of how many hoops you want someone to jump through to know what you're doing. And there's always someone willing to jump through those hoops.
Dwarf Fortress steam version released with huge changes. Petition for Sseth to make a new video with more stories.
I second this. though, I recommend he wait until adventure mode comes out.
@@Digganob590 any date on that?
I'm waiting for that to buy the game
@@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305 Not so far as I've seen. I believe Tarn did say it's high on the to-do list, behind maybe a couple other things. So don't expect any sooner than 3-4 months. Hopefully it'll be sooner, I'm excited for it.
@@Lamrett I once made a comment asking if he could do a total annihilation kingdoms review and he did it. He is a cool guy.
This is just a suggestion. I can only make prayers and hope that the chaos god of change will listen.
@@Lamrett grab some cookies bro. You need it.
"I forgot the point I was trying to make.
Let's procede."
Those two sentences sum up this entire wonderful channel.
Honestly the balls on ExpressVPN to let Sseth be this brutally truthful on an ad is commendable. Remember when VPNs used to only advertise that you can watch unblocked Netflix in any country or shit like that without daring to mention anything remotely dubious?
In the current timeframe and political climate, its a tactical move which will help them sell even faster
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To be honest, running your most important feature in what is essentially RAM-Disk is brilliant. You need reaaally realiable servers and software to pull it off. Respect.
Or... ExpressVPN is actually controlled by the government, so they get a nice list of suspicious people.
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I like all your vids but this really felt like those classic Sseth vids from years ago. It’s always great when you cover those 20+ year old games from your childhood
Funny that he said things would go downhill but I guess its over?
Ive been literally re binging his vids for the past week and this here is a welcomed addition
@@danpaz9485 he can't be or is who he used to be and exist on the platform. He's mentioned this before. All the old great CZcamsr say this or have gone
classic Sseth would review hentai games too though
FUCKING THANK YOU! I was thinking the exact same, the joke density in this video is fucking huge, just like his older ones.
The Low Tier God alignment chart was, ironically, a top tier joke.
"The same guys who made Overlord"
The fact that other people remember my favourite chdhood game and even Sseth knows about it just fills me with joy
So that's why the beholders look so similar!
Who didn't pay Overlord? The first was very popular.
And it was written by Terry Pratchett's daughter.
@Throgg KingofTrolls that's not exactly praiseworthy. She's a shit writer, and Overlord's writing is merely ok
Loved it too
I love how he tells you to go to 18:23 to avoid spoilers which is also coincidentally the precise time he begins to spoil the story.
The African warlord knows
can't believe we watched the same video
@@torbiq9809 You know that is not how this meme works, right? You wouldn't catch that unless you actually tried to skip.
@@torbiq9809 I didn’t notice it until I read this comment
@@torbiq9809 This is a comment section. People come here to talk about the video. This guy is talking about how he loved that part of the video you fucking dumbass. Do you just want the comment section to not exist? As your statement of "we watched the same video" implies, we cant talk about the video because we all watched it. Are you actually retarded?
SsethTzeentach: The only person besides Internet Historian who can make his sponsorships just as entertaining as the rest of the video.
Eric from Internet Comment Etiquette wants to have a word.
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The Mythology Guy begs to differ.
That said, I love Sseth's way of talking about these things.
yes, the sponsoship as worthhile to watch lol
what a blast of nostalgia. i remember trying to play this game at like 6 years old and just getting bodied over and over. but cool sprite art and booba kept me coming back
Lol I lost so damn much when I was a kid. Honestly I just kept playing because I loved reading all the lore that each unit had. Even the units that get flattened by a gentle breeze had some great lore.
@@normanchiu847To bad Triumph ran it into the ground doing what everyone else does and copy pasting Civilizations game mechanics.
The AOW games are still good but I fukng hate all of Civs game mechanics especially the territory mechanic, adding that to AOW just ruined it for me.
Update after 8 days of playing the game since the Windows 10 patch.
I've chosen perhaps sligthly too high difficulty for our skill, so me and my brothers are having time of our live trying to survive endless waves of enemies and level 20 heroes. Its amazing.
I remember doing something similar to this with my brothers on halo 3
Do you have a wizard in your party
We have finished the first playthrough and have had no wizard, only warriors. However, now we have added our dad to the party and I am playing as Lizardman wizard/shaman, it's lots of fun ^^
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@@dallarian8687 it's all fun and games till daddy joins the frey
The best part of getting a new Sseth video isn't the video itself, it's the reassurance that he's still alive.
Or an AI trained to go through a list of old games to make videos of
The Congo is a dangerous place after all.
Playing AoW 2 as a kid and then returning over a decade later to AoW 3 was one of the best gaming experiences I ever had
Absolute banger of a franchise
What do you think of AOW Planetfall?
I personally don't like the tech tree additions to planetfall and the artstyle for some reason bothers me. AoW 3 really hits the spot for me and the modded additions truly brings so much great content.
@@victoryudoh4626 may I ask what modded additions you mean?
Aow 3, especially with all the dlc is a really complete game. There is really everything you would want for a old timer.
AoW3 is one of my favorites
SSeth's VPN sponsorship ad he did is hands-down the best VPN ad I've ever gotten. Legit I'm thinking about buying a VPN for once and knowing that expressVPN set up their system so you CAN'T keep records even if you want to is honestly making me think I might get their VPN.
I'm right next to you, even more after getting my second letter from my internet provider that "pirate bay bad"
Same ! The Merchants Guild definitely taught him a thing or two about selling
Total trash tho - do your research and get something legit. Not a bunch of the same products owned by the same company with different names. Glad he got some shekels tho lol
Vpns can be good bit even if they claim a no logs policy Intel that gets Actually tested I don't trust it.
Yooo I can't believe somebody finally covered this. I have so many memories of making chains of air galleys to transport units across XL maps in one turn, my friend's lv. 50 leader making a visible path through my minimap as he razed everything, and editing the unencrypted sound effects into stupid nonsense (when they weren't already funnier than anything I'd make anyway like the punch of charm). The game's a masterpiece, thank you so much.
Seeth is a mad man, he got them to make a special AoW bundle just for him AND he also made available a fix for a game glitch. Truly an ascended being.
Your friendly neighborhood Jewish man manipulating the market for the boys
That express VPN add was too real and relatable. I'm referring to the part of the IRS ruining your life (even momentarily), realizing they screwed up and targeted you wrongfully then just saying oops while telling you how YOU can fix THEIR mistake while actively making it next to impossible to do so.
Yeah. They fuck you over and instead of fixing it or compensating you for your lost time and duress of having to live with no money for some time, they just fuck back off to their ivory towers and leave you to clean up their mess.
The IRS is intentionally underfunded and discouraged from going after the big guys so that everyone think the IRS is the problem and not the people who made this institution weak. Same for postal services - slowly make its quality worse so people think government-owned institutions are the problem.
Then they "randomly" audit you again after admitting their mistakes
I've had family members absolutely FUCKED by this.
U.S goverment is infallible.
I wish all taxmen a very good cbt session
I got the official strategy guide for age of wonders from a random bookstore while on vacation when I was like 8, it went through every unit from every race and talked about their unique strengths, I think it also had a campaign walkthrough. I read it cover to cover twice on that trip then bought age of wonders on my mom's computer when I got home. I think I still have it around here somewhere
Reading the little strategy guide and tutorial before ever touching the actual game
Nostalgia
I grew up with this game too. Reminds me of my time with my brothers. Hope the time machine is going to be invented before I die.
That's sweet.
autistic male to troon pipeline is real
Revisiting this in celebration of Age of Wonders 4
Dominating a Sea Serpent, loading it into an air galley then bricking my entire savegame by going into tactical combat with them is one of my favorite memories. Also in the same vein, going into tactical combat on water with all my units loaded into a boat just to see everything but the boats instantly drown, 10/10.
Before Age of Wonders was released, some music tracks were shared on the developer's website. The music of this game is so great, it made me shiver with anticipation. It was one of my most anticipated games of all time, and it did not disappoint when it was released!
Michiel van den Bos
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@@sirlexicon123 "Let's go, Bos!"
Some parts of one song are shared in unreal soundrack because alexander brandon made both soundracks
@@86Corvus nope; it's Michiel vd Bos who was working on both
Dude "i knew that being gay would be an uphill battle" has to be the most underrated line of this video
I think Raze option is supposed to be used when attacking enemy territory, so you can destroy their buildings you might not be able to keep while leaving neutral raiders to wreck havoc on enemy lands. It's best used with Undead along with Animate Ruins. Still, I prefer to either Migrate or Loot with other races instead.
As amazing as Wraiths are, they're *not* subceptible only to priests and "exorcism". A simple Enchant Weapon spell is all you need to kill them, as they're vulnerable to magic attacks. They're still quite abusable, tho.
Wind Walking spell isn't the only way to get Galleons that can move on land. You can also use Free Movement earth spell for it (which you can research earlier and iirc its upkeep is far lower).
Lightning Strike and Cold Strike were overpowered in original release version and got nerfed with patches. They're still powerful, tho, but I'd suggest taking Cold Strike over Lightning Strike in patched version, as LS only stuns for 1 turn, while CS freezes for 2.
"Dominator" is my personal favorite build in AOW1. I used it in one of my campaign playthroughs and maxed out my Defense on 1st map, using Stone Skin and Bless spells. I'd also recommend trying out ranged builds, like Poison Darts with Marksmanship IV (Archery's your worst ranged option, imo).
There are actually 3 different endings to both campaigns, not just the 4 endings you mentioned.
"Shadow Magic" is actually a 'standalone expansion', meaning it's a separate game and doesn't require you to own "Wizard's Throne".
I'm not really a fan of AoW2, tbh. It removed leader leveling, so the best thing to do with your leader is to just have it sit in a Wizard Tower while your heroes and units do all the work. :( Thankfully, AoW3 brought leader leveling back and is *much* better for it.
Thanks for your tactical advice, this is a great comment. You clearly know your stuff.
AoW:SM is still my favorite. Closest to MoM
Sseth is truly the Diogenes of the game reviewer community
You're not wrong
Impossible. To be Diogenes, you must first have nothing. Then you can shitpost to people.
Not to have a PhD in biology and then shitpost review to millions of people online
Beat a new philosopher into the dirt please
Exactly what we expect from our favorite African warlord
I can’t unsee it now, fuck
You forgot to mention the incarnate is the most OP unit in the game because it can take control of other peoples heroes, which then lets the AI get a new hero, then you can take that until you have squads of heroes which can obliterate everything.
Perfectly balanced.
@@colewest7096 As it should be.
Human airships' response is: "Oh sorry, can't hear you up here over the sound of my ballista!".
The Azrac elephant is better though, as it's a T1 unit you can install and pump out disgusting amounts of, can break walls, and generally just stomp unprepared players with.
@@HrHaakon You're really boring and really wrong.
@@friendlygiant1507 you're not a friendly giant at all!
Holy moly - thank you! I remember getting a demo of this as a kid, and never understanding what was going on, but found the images to be unreal, and burned into my memory. Have been trying to remember the name of it for literally decades - thank you so much!
Hey hey people
Age of wonders 4 trailer out now
Another game I’ll never play summarized so beautifully I feel like I have.
You used to be able to make your ships fly in Age of Wonders 3 as well. I found this out when i was playing a human warlord and my ally, an orc druid, cast Wild Hunt. They then flew an entire god damn naval fleet through my territory and blew up one independent city and cleared some end game tier dungeons with them. The devs eventually made Wild Hunt not affect your units with the mechanical or sea creature tag but it was a hilarious time while it lasted.
I have very fond memories of this game. I remember playing a toad man spellcaster with the cult of storms. On the mission where you fight the whole ass Azrac empire at once, I got overwhelmed very early on. I went on the run with my leader and another spellcaster, fighting a guerilla campaign across the map without owning any cities, until I found the Azrac leader and ended him in a glorious battle of my two guys against his army.
Chain lightning is what you might call "perfectly balanced"
This review unlocked a core memory for me. I had one of those demo discs as a kid, and this was one of the games on it. I could never remember what the game was, however, and could only remember the general idea. I even own age of wonders 3 didn't even realize it was the first.
Thanks Sseth.
The expansion to the sequel to this game, Age of Wonders II: Shadow Magic, is a absolute masterpiece and i really hope Sseth would do a video of it one day.
Spent hours playing AoW2 with friends
I had a friend show off the lunacy of this game and it was a thing of beauty. (Alas, I got in at the much more comparatively sane AoW3.)
Any time I even SUGGESTS he do the same for Shadow Magic, his response is a flat, ardent 'NO'.
Better pay him a lot of money
a man of taste
i remember i played that game for ages as a kid, never touched the story, i only played skirmish maps, the fact it never got boring speaks volumes about the variety the game offers
Not as fun as the AOW2 where you could stack enchantments of various school until it got completely broken.
E.g. hasted airships.
A video this soon? Who the hell are you and what did you do to our Benevolent Warlord?!
He is a kind albeit a perverted man 😌 he has taken me in his tent many a time but it is not to my despair... but to my benefit
He's back in the sweatshop
He figured that slaving an entire village is far more proffitable in the long run rather than sell their organs
This video was generated by AI
Quite the Rital
Well paradox just announced Age of Wonders 4.
honestly your descriptions of each factions is my favourite part of every one of these reviews
For the graphic glitch, try opening the resolution setting screen on windows. You don't have to do anything there, just open the window. It worked for the old version of Age of Empires II
thank you brave hero
Yeah this also works in starcraft.
its a common trope for win98 games apparently. Ive been having the same issues with a old game called cultures
I would've tried the righ-clicking the app, going to properties, and looking at comparability settings.
wait seriously? I used to play AOE II on a disk way back in the day and after a decade all the blue based graphics were tinted purple lmfao
This is a game I used to play with my childhood friends back in the day. It's such a classic. I encourage everyone to play it as well as its sequels.
Sseth, the man, the legend, who can turn VPN shilling into some kind of manifesto
This is one of my favorite games of all time. There are so many way to break the game and you showed me a few more I didn't know. 100% agree the best unit is the Giant but you skipped over the best tier 1 unit: The Elephant. More HP and damage than pretty much any other t1 unit and can also break walls. So good.
God, there are few things I want in gaming more than the return of 4X fantasy in the spirit of AoW. It is so rarely this good.
age of wonders 3 is great
@@pierreo33 In a lot of ways I agree, other ways not, and it's been 8 years with no one really trying to show it up.
try dominions 5. there's an active multiplayer scene on discord. it's all ive played for like half a year almost.
@@pierreo33I personally don't like the combat as much.
Have you tried Endless Legend?
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Proton VPN master race
It's cute that you think that wasn't just more of what VPN companies want you to say. Sseth is great but he sure as hell isn't immune to excessively praising a sponsor for the money.
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@@meezith1418 He recounted a unique personal experience and explained how it happened and how it can happen to anyone. He then explained exactly why ExpressVPN is what you should use to prevent this. Just about every other ExpressVPN ad I've seen so far recited what the company wanted them to. This consisted of raving about how amazing it is to circumvent Netflix's region locks and how a VPN is basically the second coming of god that can protect you from absolutely all of the dangers of the internet. Sseth did not do this. He told us of a personal experience that demonstrated the necessity of privacy tools in the modern age. What the other ads do is most certainly excessive. What was excessive about Sseth's ad?
@@man0warable Man. You are either an amazing troll or the most gullible person i have ever seen. Seth also got noting on Internet historian in terms of ads. Those are pure gold.
Big fan of AoW3, was always curious about the older entries and this is a great introduction. AoW3 is the best, most involved strategy game I've witnessed. Of the one ancient thread I found that compared 4x games, those who played it, agreed. It's kind of a hidden gem that's hiding in plain sight. I love HoMM and Xcom and Civ in their own right, but it's a whole different beast. I've long been interested in watching people play this game at the highest level, and made a few jumps each time blowing my mind how this person is so much better at the game than the previous. I love Black Arrow Gaming's channel, which wasn't my final stop in the power hierarchy, but he's quite incredible, and every video has tons of wall of text comments discussing how to improve his play even more. I am truly passionate about AoW and thank you for reading.
The single best ad for a VPN. Hands down
13:20 Sseth breaking down when he says "busting it down sexual style" atomized me
Ah, Sseth and older turn based games go together perfectly. Also it’s crazy that this man has gotten me into games I’ve would’ve never thought I’d try.
Sseth the man that told me to jump off the bridge because there was candy under it and didn't even lie
He even leaves an air mattress to land on sometimes so I don't have to haul my crippled lower half to the next bridge he Is gonna show me
@@hmroid6884 i read that in 100% sseth voice, beautiful
I love how consistently good your content is, always looking forward to next vid
I thought i had forgotten about that glass jar incident, thank you for bringing the time traumatic memory back
Chris Chan fetish jail is the callback we didn't need, but never knew we wanted.
Bravo Sir.
"Woman are counted as creatures" that made my day
Just means that men tend to all act the same while women are something that can't be analyzed.
I would really like to see Sseth playing ,,songs of syx "in my opinion the game doesn't get the attention it should and it's a very ambitious project that is still in development
your wish is granted
This man is, unique for sure, he speaks in a way that just, don’t get tired of. Keep up the great work my man :D
13:28 that complete failure to keep a straight face
I truly hope ExpressVPN understands the absolute gem of an advertisement they have here. I actually watched the whole plug for ExpressVPN and enjoyed every second of it.
Yeah, this one actually made me click it. Fuck the Feds.
This video really aged well in light of current events...
Wow this sponsor spot. Man there really is nothing like your content.
Never change Sseth, you're the man we need.
13:40 Keep fighting the good fight, Sseth. No woman will be able to stop you
This is unironically better than a lot modern games we have today.
games were good before 2007
I've slowly (really slowly it seems) begun to realize that ~90% of the time the less well-looking a game is, the better its gameplay actually is.
...And sadly enough, not nearly enough other people have realized that, which often causes those better-and-ugly games to not really sell particularly well these days, ultimately causing them to either be abandoned in development or at least not get any sequel or any new games afterwards from the studio which made them.
I still love you, Runers.
@@Karsh. Funnily enough, that reminds me of Vampire Survivors. An amazing indie vidya game that looks like it came out in the 90's (made recently tho) and it's incredibly addicting bc its gameplay is just 10/10
Becouse old games were in fact better, only limitation was hardware, today we have almost no hardware limitations but severe creative limitation due to leftist politics and gaming being targeted at unwashed masses instead of bunch of nerds that actually enjoy games. Unfortunately games never gonna be that good anymore ( ok maybe some indies will and some Japanese or Chinese AAA will be good but nothing from west will be good anymore). Creative writing, taking risks, generally creativity is dead as games needs to be for everyone including normies, if you make game as unbalance and unfair as aom you will have constant reddit/twitch stream of crying about it being unbalanced and having genders... We live in no fun allowed times.
no...
Age of Wonders Shadow Magic is, holy cow, what a game, it took Triumph 16 years to approach that level of quality with Age of Wonders Planetfall
You can fix the inverted pixels you get from alt tabbing if you change the resolution, then change it back. It will reset the graphics.
Also about the resolution: If you create a CUSTOM resolution in your driver for 1024x600, you can play the game in 16:9 without stretching and still have the 800x600 pixel density. AoW is a window-blinds style game, and by using 1024x600 it just enlarges the UI space without any wonkiness. Basically it's free real estate.
The Age of Wonders series is a true gem, unjustly underrated.
Thanks for the great review!
@@rockapartie Maybe not underrated, but not very well-known, it is certainly never really talked about. I never heard about it before this video.
When I was maybe around 10, I was primarily playing game demos from CDs that came with my dad's subscriptions for PC magazines, and Age of Wonders was one of my absolute favorites; I probably played at least 500 hours of that one demo scenario, the orcs being my favorite race due to the not at all broken orc warlord... I miss those times.
Oh man, I probably spent more time playing the Age of Wonders II demo than most other games I've played. The music and atmosphere captivated me as a kid, just thinking back on that feels amazing.
@@youdonegoofed Nostalgia at its best, too bad none of my friends are into AoW, as I've sadly grown tired of enjoying it solo as the AI becomes too predictable, especially as an adult...
This man is one of the few actually showcasing good games from every era.
He showcased warthunder
links to the other channels/people?
@@randygaming5134 Here's what I can remember
Grim Beard
MandaloreGaming
Accursed Farms
ThorHighHeels
Sean Seanson (Playstation1)
@@soundwave429 lmao that's true, but even the best cooks have burnt a few cakes
Also the game is only trash because of the shop. I played with a friend until the shop got in the way and uninstalled, it was fun for a bit
@@da_roachdogjr thanks man
dude, AoW 1 gave me so many good memories. Playing alone for hours without even noticing the sunrise, its amazing. I feel that modern 4x arent just like that, I'm not saying that those games are bad, but AoW 1 had so many things in a very simple gameplay without a lot of geopolytical-eco-geography bullshit. Game it's simple, if you pick Lizards, rush flood, pick Orcs, enchant weapon and mass orc soldiers, and the builds are just as simple as that. Definetly, one of the best RTS games I've ever played.
(Shadow Magic is pretty cool too)
whenever SSeth sends a new video, I already know I'll be happy
Man... after knowing the twist from the spoilers I wish I could have played the game and see it for myself. What an amazing game, really.
Don't let that stop you. There's actually a few variations on the ending depending on who you side with over the course of the game. By far the greatest ending is starting as the Cult of Storms and ending with the High Men (by allying with the Lizards halfway). It is still one of the best endings and your character doesn't take what happens lightly.
I love this game so much, one of my top 10s of all time. Thank you for making this review.
why dont we have such games today :(
@@dondankleberg4965 zoomer brain won't be able to handle something like this.
@@dondankleberg4965 age of wonders 3 is great
This game was the reason I got into fantasy and d&d this game is my imagination drug but yeah I prefer shadow magic though
@@Moons1167 idk man i think they just dont know what theyre missing maybe, bad education :D
@pierre117 ay thanks was just looking for the best version
This guy is awesome, the videos are dynamic and incredible. And that sponsorhip segment o god it was perfect
God its my actual childhood come back to haunt me. My family desktop back then was so old that, while the game worked, the music always skipped endlessly. To hear the actual music is like waking up from a nightmare. Bless you Seth and bless you CD section of the office supply store that had these games.
One of my all-time favourites. Bought at Walmart out of the cheapo PC games bins they used to have, double-packaged with the first Stronghold. Still have both to this day.
Back when buying random shit at retail led to good experiences, I miss those days
Picking up physical copies cheaper than a GOG
Picking up physical copies cheaper than a GOG sale
Stronghold is a banger
1:57 Glad to see my boy Pyro getting the recognition he deserves, even if he’s gonna deny this is something he does on the daily
These videos have been awesome for a long time, but somehow I feel like they're recently getting even a little bit better than before.
Pretty cool
When I was growing up I never had a computer capable of playing any games, but that didn't stop me from buying the AoW big box edition so I could just drool over the artwork and fantasize about playing it one day. Little did I know it would be decades later that I'd finally sit down and play it and wow, such a fun game. And like you, I listen to the soundtrack posted by Jiseng So a ton. Awesome video, keep up the good work.
I'm about 70-80% sure that thanks to sseth I have now finally learned what one man one jar is despite years of trying to prevent myself from ever discovering it's nature. Neat.
Colloquially known to the cultured among us as, "JAR SQUATTER."
its*
This is one of my favourite games from when I was a kid, and it's wonderful to see it get some love from Sseth. I wish the sequels had kept the ridiculously in-depth unit descriptions, though. It's hard to quantify how much flavour text like that can add to the experience.
im playing Shadow Magic and it does have unit descriptions, it does not have unit portraits tough
I've played a lot of AoW 3, so I feel right at home with this review. I love the game, and your humour. That sponsorship ad was so funny/good that I didn't skip it. All the best to you.
I love that Chris Chan is one of your inmates in the prison example.
Can't believe she outsmarted the entire state of Virginia, honestly kinda zased
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The best part about little dark age edits is when the apparent ''good old days'' are depicted through military imagery with men dying in some senseless war to enrich some nobleman or oligarch
Who finances those wars again? And makes these brother wars happen? Hmmm
"Man, those were days, even though I wasn't alive back then. Paranoia was common in every major country, young men were forced to join the military and torture and mass murder were supported in many countries. Time to make an edit showing how badass, cool and epic those times were."
this is the actual best and most effective ad I've ever seen. even more than the sears air conditioner commercial, which lives in my brain and will be the last thing I remember as alzheimer's robs me of all of my memories of friends and family.
Age of Wonders was an amazing game! One of my favorite things about it was it let me and my friends play multiplayer on 1 PC as it was turn based. I also think 800x600 resolution looks best for this game even though it supports 1080p these days. Thanks for the great video Sseth!
You're the first youtuber I watched the stupid ad through lol, it was hilarious
Crazy how Sseth somehow manages to cover almost every single game from my childhood.
Holy smokes, I did not expect to get a review of my top game ever :D Thank you Seth :3
this feels like a classic sethtzeentach video, but I think I enjoyed the past few videos where he was having a real mental breakdown in the beginning and end. suffering really brings out the best in the artist. The human element in the art is always the most compelling, the part that makes you say "wow, he also struggles with mental health, just like me"
Seth, your beautiful, I love your content. I will support you as long as you continue.
Nice little Diogenes ref! Thank you for your work, Seth. :)
I feel like as time has gone on, you're able to be more personal with how you express yourself and sprinkle in a bit of humanity in how you present the games with anecdotes I can actually relate to.
I'm scared and excited.
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This game has a mindblowingly good soundtrack, and its in a weird tracker -type format!
Michiel van den Bos being the composer is the reason why it's a tracker OST.
Co-composer for the original Deus Ex and Unreal Tournament 99.
@@theblobconsumes4859 I know right! It sounds so otherworldly and like, like 70's fantasy inspired and perfectly complements the homely graphics. I dont think any fantasy game other than the first AoE has gotten the style really right.
Wait, did somebody say Deus Ex?
@@michaelandreipalon359 The sound of millions of reinstallations reverberates around the world.
@@theblobconsumes4859 he made the one for the 3 too !
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"The manifestation of Death is outside our door. And uh, he's fuckin' up our corn."
Sseth is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
I remember playing age of wonders: shadow magic and having to stop because the AI can essentially 'detect lethal' on your faction leader during battles and not matter how esoteric the methods would manage to snipe my leader causing a game over.
I got too salty, but this video makes me want to try it again. Another great video Sseth!
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It's an absolute breath of fresh air to see a suicide bombing joke about The Japanese instead of The Afghani or Arabian People. It's good to see The OGs getting credit where credit is due for doing it first instead of copying tactics from another country.
God this was so funny I can’t even choose a favorite quote or moment. All your videos are great, but this is the best one that’s come out in awhile. Thanks for the laughs.
I could watch Sseth review absolutely anything and it still be entertaining